Improvement in clothes-driers



C. B. KOON. CLOTHES-DRIER'S.

No. 194,444,' Patented Aug. 21,1817.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

CHARLES B. KOON, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [94,444, dated August21, 1877; application filed July 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES B. Room ofAuburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Driers and that thefollowing is a full, clear, and-exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of the improvedclothes-drier. Fig. 2 represents a top view of the same. Fig. 3represents a vertical section on line :10 a: of Fig. 2.

Similar letters ofreferenceindicate like parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to clothes-driers in which a series of arms arepivoted radially to a frame or bracket, and can be folded to occupy lessspace when notin use, said bracket being attached, at a suitable height,to a wall or post.

My invention consists in the combination of a suitable latch-block inconnection with the bracket and arms above mentioned, to retain themfolded, or to secure one or more arms vertically and out of the waywhile the others may be in use.

It also consists in a series of grooved fingers formed upon thesupporting-bracket, in connection with a continuous-Wire pivot for thedriers arms, and a latch-block, as will be more fully describedhereafter.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A represents a shield or foundation-frame carrying the other parts ofthe drier, which can be fastened to a wall or post by means of screws ornails, as indicated% at a.- B represents an open bracket fastened to theshield A by screws passing through lugs b formed on the inside of thebracket. It has projecting from its upper face a series of wedgeshapedfingers, b, inclined toward the center of the bracket. p

The upper part of each finger is grooved to receive and retain inposition the wire 0 that passes through the driers arms 0, and to whichthey are hinged. The inner ends of said arms rest, when in use, betweenthe top of the bracket B and an inverted bracket or cap, D, securedimmovably to the shield A by a screw, d, at the top, and two projectionsat the lower part entering recesses in the shield.

The arms 0 can be rotated around the wire 0 until they attain a verticalposition, and each arm is retained, independent of the others, in thatvertical position by the latch-block E. This block is circular upon theside facing the driers arms, and plain adjacent to the shield A. Itsupper portion a is trunco conical or bell-shaped, (it may be of anyother form,) to give room for the inner ends of the arms 0, and nearlyvertical at e, under said conical portion. It is forced upward by acoiled spring, f, placed between it and the lower portion of the bracketB.

When one or more of the arms 0 have been raised to the vertical positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, they are retained in that position bythe portion 0 of the block taking position behind the lower end of thearm. To the block E is attached a looped wire, g, by'which it can beforced down to release the arms 0, and bring them down to a horizontalposition ready for use.

The wire 9 passes through the spring f and retains it in position, andit passes through an opening in the cap D, and through the bottom of thebracket, and thus keeps the latch-block in proper position.

If the arms 0 are folded in a vertical position, and it is intended touse a portion of or all the arms, the block E is depressed a shortdistance by means of the wire and loop 9 until the portion 0 of theblock is lower than the lower end of the arms, when a few or all of themcan be brought down to a horizontal position by a slight touch of thehand.

When it is desired to fold them up again, the outer end of each israised, and the inner end of said arms, sliding upon the portion 6 ofthe block, will force it down until they reach the edge of the portiona, when the spring will force the block upward again and latch them.

The block E may be retained in position simply by friction, in passingthrough its upper and lower bearings; but I prefer to usea spring torender the block E self-latching.

2 mama Having-thus fully described my invention,] arms, the slottedfingers b, to separate the claim arms and receive the binding-wire,substan- 1. In combination with a series of arms, 0, tinlly asdescribed. brackets B and D, the latch-block E, substan- CHAS. B. KOON.tially as and for the purpose described. Witnesses: I

2. In combination with the latch-block E, DAVID WRIGHT,

series of arms 0, and bracket to support said ROLLIN TRACY.

